Improvement in wire bale-band connections



S. L. THORNE.

WIRE NALE-BAND CONNECTIONS.

No. 191,269. PazenteaNay 29,1877.A

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PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER L. THORNE, OF ALBANY,-NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOCORNELIUS VANDERZEEjSAIl) VAN DERZEE ASSIGNOR TO DAVID HI'MATHIA OF SAME PLACE.

on ONE-HALF rus RIGHT `IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE BALE-BAND CONNECTIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l

91,269, dated May 29, 1877; application filed March 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SYLvEsTER L. THORNE, ofthe city and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Wire Bale-Band Connections, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation of the twoconnecting ends of a wire bale-band embodying the improvements in thisinvention. Fig.2 is a horizontal view of the same viewed from above.Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same. connecting-piece before itis secured to the end of the wire formlng the band. Figs. 5'

and 6 are cross sectional views taken at line Nos. 1 and 2 in Figs. 3and 4, before the said piece is secured to the wire and Figs. 7 and 8are cross sectional views of the same, illustrating the attaching orconnecting piece when secured; and Fig. 9 is a modification of thedevice.

The object of this invention is to furnish a baleband, made of wire,with a connecting piece or device that may be securely attached and heldto one end of the wire strand forming the bale-band withoutnecessitating a twisting of the wire to effect such an attachment orholding, so that, when the said connecting-piece is secured to its endof the band, it may be adapted to engage with a loop formed with theopposite end of the same.

In the drawings, A represents one end of the Wire strand forming theband, and B is the opposite end of the same strand. The end A has madewith it the loop C, formed by turning back a portion` of the wire onitself, and twisting the same so as to form the twisted neck a, asshown.

C is a connecting device, made of cast malleable iron, and composed ofthe body o, crossbar or its equivalent attaching-piece e, and clinchingor binding lips s s and s s', arranged as shown in the several figures,with a groove or recess between each pair of lips s and s', as shown inFigs. 4, 5, and 6.

D is a simple single-strand hook, made with the end B, by simply turningback on Fig. 4 is a horizontal View of the itself about one andone-quarter inch of the said end, substantially as shown by full linesin Fig. 3, and adapted to receive, between the limbs b and b of thesame, the body c of the connecting-piece O, as shown in said iigure.

When the said connecting-piece has been properly introduced within thehook, as shown in Fig. 3, the lips s s and s s are bent over toward eachother, as shown in Figs. 2, 7, and 8, from the positions shown in Figs.4, 5, and 6, so as to bind on the wire limbs b and b', to hold the samefrom liability of turning up from the body of the connecting device whenthe strain is exerted on the band. The end of limb b is bent down overthe rear end of the connecting device from full line in Fig. 3 to thatof dotted line in said ligure and full lines in Fig. 1. The reartermination of limb b, at the rear of said connecting device, is alsopreferably bent or set up toward the center of the thickness of saidrear end of the connecting device, as also shown by full and dottedlines in said gures.

It may be' readily seen that by my improvement there may be effected asaving of about two inches of wire on each bale-band, while at the sametime the labor of twisting, heretofore required, is dispensed with. Itmay also be seen that the connecting device may readily be secured, in alirm and reliable manner, to the wire without lche least possibility ofits being separated from the same by any strain that may be exerted onit; and it is evident that this manner of forming the body of theconnecting device with clinching or binding lips for holding the limbsof the hook securely may be employed with advantage where the cross-bare is dispensed with, and

another form of attaching device may be substituted without departingfrom the spirit of this invention; also, the lips s s may be set as inFig. 9.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a connecting device for wire balebands, the combination, with thebody c, having an attaching-piece adapted to engage with a loop, of theclinching or binding ylips s send as set forth, and adapted to engagewith a 's' s', employed in pairs, Vwith a vegroove l,or --leloopmadewith the opposite end of the wire cess between, and adapted to receive'the limbs from which 'hook D is made, substantially-as of a. hook, andbeing bent over to clinch down and for the purpose set forth.

or bind on said limbs, as and for the purpose Set forth. SYLVESTER L.THORNE.

2. VThe combination, :with hook D, of the Witnesses: connecting deviceU, `constructed v`with the ROBERT F. BURNS,

vparts described, and secured to the said hook, DORS. VAN DERZEE.

